The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World by Robert Garland

The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World

Robert Garland

222 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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This engrossing book was the first ever investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts, vase paintings, sculpture, mythology and ethnogr...

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